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the goal of us<strong>in</strong>g mobile money for a significant segment of CCT recipients 5 . Other<br />

potential pilot activities that USAID may explore are utiliz<strong>in</strong>g mobile money to <strong>in</strong>crease<br />

the transparency and efficiency of PNPM <strong>in</strong>frastructure and loan<br />

disbursement/repayment programs.<br />

Table 4 lists potential government-to-person payment program <strong>in</strong>tervention mechanisms,<br />

sponsors, and recipients.<br />

Table 4. Potential Regulatory Reform and Capacity-Build<strong>in</strong>g Interventions<br />

Intervention Mechanism Potential Sponsor Potential Recipients<br />

Pilots<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>centives for usage<br />

Contractual/Program<br />

participation requirements<br />

M<strong>in</strong>istry of Social Affairs<br />

POS <strong>Indonesia</strong><br />

TNP2K<br />

PNPM Mandiri<br />

D. <strong>Mobile</strong> <strong>Money</strong> for Agricultural Programs<br />

Poor households<br />

Rural villages<br />

Loan recipients<br />

USAID and other donors may support the development and execution of selected pilot<br />

projects target<strong>in</strong>g the agricultural sector. The pilots will <strong>in</strong>corporate mobile money<br />

applications, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

Distribution of loan funds<br />

Repayment of loan funds<br />

B2B transactions across selected agricultural value cha<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Distribution and acceptance of electronic vouchers for agricultural <strong>in</strong>puts<br />

Establishment of agent network cash-<strong>in</strong>/cash-out acceptance po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />

As appropriate, pilots will also <strong>in</strong>clude mobile money platform <strong>in</strong>tegration with<br />

participat<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, and agent network support (e.g., program to<br />

encourage and tra<strong>in</strong> agriculture <strong>in</strong>put suppliers and cocoa collectors to become mobile<br />

money agents). The primary purpose of this <strong>in</strong>tervention is to accelerate the extension of<br />

f<strong>in</strong>ancial services <strong>in</strong> rural areas.<br />

Table 5 lists potential mobile money for agricultural programs <strong>in</strong>tervention mechanisms,<br />

sponsors, and recipients.<br />

5 The M<strong>in</strong>istry of Social Affairs will provide funds to more than 1 million CCT recipient households <strong>in</strong><br />

2012.<br />

ACCELERATING MOBILE MONEY IN INDONESIA — ACTION PLAN 11

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